Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Pasadena, California
Honored By
Ms. Virginia Bertling
Relationship
Wife
Served with the Marines 2nd Division, December 14, 1941 to December 22, 1945. South Pacific, starting at New Zealand, most crucial fighting including at Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Gavutu, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and up to Okinawa. Blown off 3 ships in Pearl Harbor, May 21, 1944 and survived.